Examples of Informational Text: •“Letter on Thomas Jefferson” by John Adams (1776) •Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass (1845) • “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Address to Parliament on May 13th,1940” by Winston Churchill (1940) •Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry (1955) •Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (1962)
Reading Standards for Informational Text Key Ideas and Details: Students must:
know how to cite text. (Explicit and Infer)
state the main idea, supporting details, and tell how it was conveyed in a given passage.
provide a summary of what was read without including personal opinion or judgement.
analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and described in the text.
Craft and Structure: Students must:
determine the meaning of words and phrases; including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
analyze how a certain sentence, paragraph, chapter, section fits into the overall text and contributes to the text.
identify the author's purpose and decided if it was conveyed.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Students must:
integrate information presented in different media, formats, or words to develop a coherent understanding.
analyze evidence from an argument deciding which claims are supported and which are not.
compare/contrast one author to another. (Memoir written by one author compared to a biography of the same person.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity: Students should:
be able to read and comprehend grade level appropriate nonfiction proficiently. (Scaffold when needed.)
Examples of Informational Text:
•“Letter on Thomas Jefferson” by John Adams (1776)
•Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass (1845)
• “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Address to Parliament on May 13th,1940” by Winston Churchill (1940)
•Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry (1955)
•Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (1962)
Reading Standards for Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details:
Students must:
- know how to cite text. (Explicit and Infer)
- state the main idea, supporting details, and tell how it was conveyed in a given passage.
- provide a summary of what was read without including personal opinion or judgement.
- analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and described in the text.
Craft and Structure:Students must:
- determine the meaning of words and phrases; including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
- analyze how a certain sentence, paragraph, chapter, section fits into the overall text and contributes to the text.
- identify the author's purpose and decided if it was conveyed.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:Students must:
- integrate information presented in different media, formats, or words to develop a coherent understanding.
- analyze evidence from an argument deciding which claims are supported and which are not.
- compare/contrast one author to another. (Memoir written by one author compared to a biography of the same person.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity:Students should: